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Developing an Effective Therapeutic HPV Vaccine to Eradicate Large Tumors by Genetically Fusing Xcl1 and Incorporating IL-9 as Molecular Adjuvants.

Zhongjie Sun, Zhongyan Wu, Xuncheng Su

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Article in Vaccines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Evaluation of Immunoprotective Effects of DNA Vaccine Based onAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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Zhongjie SunState Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.ORCID 0009-0004-8108-7132
Zhongyan WuNewish Biological R&D Center, Wuxi 214111, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9018-9115
Xuncheng SuState Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3051-0047

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 21473095National Natural Science Foundation of China 21991081
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHuman papillomavirus (HPV) is a prevalent infection affecting both men and women, leading to various cytological lesions. Therapeutic vaccines mount a HPV-specific CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte response, thus clearing HPV-infected cells. However, no therapeutic vaccines targeting HPV are currently approved for clinical treatment due to limited efficacy. Our goal is to develop a vaccine that can effectively eliminate tumors caused by HPV.

methodsWe genetically fused the chemokine XCL1 with the E6 and E7 proteins of HPV16 to target cDC1 and enhance the vaccine-induced cytotoxic T cell response, ultimately developing a DNA vaccine. Additionally, we screened various interleukins and identified IL-9 as an effective molecular adjuvant for our DNA vaccine.

resultsThe fusion of Xcl1 significantly improved the quantity and quality of the specific CD8+ T cells. The fusion of Xcl1 also increased immune cell infiltration into the tumor microenvironment. The inclusion of IL-9 significantly elevated the vaccine-induced specific T cell response and enhanced anti-tumor efficacy. IL-9 promotes the formation of central memory T cells.

conclusionsthe fusion of Xcl1 and the use of IL-9 as a molecular adjuvant represent promising strategies for vaccine development.

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HPVIL-9therapeutic vaccinesXcl1

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PMID39852828
PMCPMC11768903

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